The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-12-27
MISSOURI NOTES.

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The jury in the Mitchell murder
: trial at CiEtCH, bas returned verdict
of not guilty.
: John Renf.o, aged nineteen, hes
pleaded guilty, at Springfield. to the
chxrge OF bigamy.
/ -kansls Ci5y coal men have leased
extensive coal lands near Mas II
AND will sink shafts Immediately.
The Christian, Baptist and Pres
byteri2H church at West Plains are
nor without pastors.
, An unknown man was rnn over
Ssd killed yesterday near Iudepen-
dence, by Missouri Pacific passenger
train.
/ Henry johnson, who robbed the
trea.urer's safe of Reynolds county of
so, 900, WAS arrested in Hemphill
county, Texas.
Burglars blew open q safe a. Au-
rsra, but the approach of daylight
prevented them from reaching the III
her COMPARTMENT.
" iiIism Kirk cut the throat OF
bis hrother-in-lan, Robert Kirk, near
S2ickardsviIle, because the latter
kicked the formers dog.
The Carthage Banner has been
enlarged 30 an eight column paper.
It IS one of the oldest Republican pa
pers n Southwest Missouri.
james Johnson and Alfred Smith
had quarrel yesterday at the Law
renee Mill, Poplar Bluffs, and Smith
was cat IN several places.
The whisky eases in the Platte
county court were al won By tha
sa.oonists, and the county is out oyerl
$500 without penny in return. :
The Bethany Clipper and Beth
any Republican have been eonsol:-
dated and Nelson Church, editor Of
the Republican, will have charge.
The Clinton Advocate has again
changed hands. Il is now owned by
Mrs. Carrie i. Turner and will be
edited BY Mr. Will Jennings.
The motion tor new trial IN the
Tabor murder case, at Harrisonyille,
has been oyerruIed and the prisoner
sentenced to be hanged on January
q, 1888.
The safe of the Farmers and
Traders Bank at Lathrop was blown
yesterday morning by burglars. They
did NOT succeed in forcing the inner
door, however.
The Richmond ConservatOr says
there are ,, 900 families in Ray county
that don't take or read a county
paper. What field that would be
foC Bohemian oats swindlers.
james Morgan of Marshall was
killed on Friday by a blow from
heavy stone in the hands Of Frank
Atwood, a lad Of eighteen years. 1t
was the result Of quarrel at 2 dance,
Frank taking the part Of his brother.
Harrison Scott has brought suit
at Mexico, for 50, 900 damages against
four prominent farmers, who he
charges wiki implication in the recent
brutal beating OF himself and daugh-
ter.
1t is said that q farmer near Stew
artsvilIe mortgaged his farm for S10,-
900 at low rate of interest, in order
to loan the money To the Stewart bank.
His speculation proved a signal fail
ure.
AT Carthage fifty candidates have
come 20 the front for the positions of
two mail carriers which required to
put in operation on the free delivery
ystem at that place. There should
be either less people in this country or
more officers.
The official vote of the Saturdays
local option election in Christian
county is all in except from two town.
ships, which are known to have gone
wet by small majorities. AS far as
heard from the county has gone dry
by something over hundred majority.
The late remaining townships viii re-
duce the majority to about fifty it IS
thought. Not more than half of the
entire vote of the county was polled.
MISSOURI MARRIAGES.
At 2:30 yesterday afternoon, at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hollyman of Hannibal, occurred the
marriage of their daughter Miss Mat.
tie, to j. A. Swigart, of Decatur, ILL.,, Z,
Rev. NJ. B. Chapman, of the Park
Methodist Church, officiated. The
event while very happy one, was
strictly private, only few of their
very intimate friends Witnessing the